Collection base URL

Collection URL name:

This is a short name used to uniquely identify this collection. It can be used in the URL schemes below. It is also used as default for the media directory location.

Collection base URL:

In most situations, you will end up wanting your root URL to be very short and look something like http://example.com/ or http://example.com/urlname with no unnecessary characters added.

You can typically achieve this by selecting either "Extra path on baseurl", "Subdomain of basehost" or "Absolute url" here.

When possible, it is a good idea to only use URLs relative to the Base URL ($baseurl) from your _basic_config.php file. This allows to easily restore a backup on another domain (for testing or for development). It will work immediately provided the configuration file is properly set up on each server/each domain.

IMPORTANT: your .htaccess File must be properly set up for this to fully work. See also the Important section below.

The reason there are many options available here instead of just, say "Absolute URL", is for portability of your site. By using the other options, you will be using URLs relative to your Base URL ($baseurl) which will make it very easy to move your site to another domain, including to a development machine for local testing of changes.

URL preview:

This is a preview of what your base URL will look like. Use it to check your configuration.

Important!

Remember your .htaccess File must be properly set up for these settings to fully work.

Most web browsers cache redirections very aggressively which sometimes makes it hard to verify that a new URL works. Try to clear your browser caches, relaunch it or use a different browser to check when anything related to URLs doesn’t work as expected.